Correvon

Correvon is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The municipalities of Chapelle-sur-Moudon, Correvon, Denezy, Martherenges, Neyruz-sur-Moudon, Peyres-Possens, Saint-Cierges, Thierrens and Chanéaz merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Montanaire. Correvon is first mentioned in 1166 as Correuont. Correvon had an area, , of . Of this area, or 83.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 12.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.2% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.4%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 68.3% is used for growing crops and 14.3% is pastures. The former municipality was part of the Moudon District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Correvon became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud. The former municipality is located on a plateau between the Broye and Mentue rivers. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Tierced per fess base per pale, 1. Azure a cross Or; 2. Quartered Azure and Or, overall a flory Staff bendwise of the second; 3. Azure, a Wing sinister Or. Correvon had a population () of 106. , 9.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -0.9%. It has changed at a rate of -13.1% due to migration and at a rate of 11.2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (105 or 95.5%) with the rest speaking German Of the population in the municipality 37 or about 33.6% were born in Correvon and lived there in 2000. There were 46 or 41.8% who were born in the same canton, while 26 or 23.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1 or 0.9% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were no live births to Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population remained the same.